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1. Which Act first brought the East India Company's administration under the control of the British Parliament?
A) Pitt's India Act, 1784
B) Regulating Act, 1773
C) Charter Act, 1813
D) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer: B
2. Who became the first Governor-General of Bengal?
A) Lord Cornwallis
B) Lord Wellesley
C) Warren Hastings
D) Lord Canning
Answer: C
3. The Supreme Court at Calcutta was established under:
A) Charter Act, 1833
B) Pitt's India Act, 1784
C) Regulating Act, 1773
D) Indian Councils Act, 1861
Answer: C
4. Which Act introduced the system of Double Government?
A) Charter Act, 1813
B) Regulating Act, 1773
C) Pitt's India Act, 1784
D) Government of India Act, 1919
Answer: C
5. The Board of Control was established by:
A) Charter Act, 1793
B) Pitt's India Act, 1784
C) Charter Act, 1833
D) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer: B
6. Which Charter Act ended the East India Company's trade monopoly except for tea and China trade?
A) 1793
B) 1813
C) 1833
D) 1853
Answer: B
7. Lord William Bentinck became the first Governor-General of India under:
A) Charter Act, 1813
B) Charter Act, 1833
C) Charter Act, 1853
D) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer: B
8. Which Charter Act separated the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General's Council?
A) 1813
B) 1833
C) 1853
D) 1793
Answer: C
9. Which Act transferred the administration of India from the East India Company to the British Crown?
A) Charter Act, 1853
B) Government of India Act, 1858
C) Indian Councils Act, 1861
D) Government of India Act, 1919
Answer: B
10. Who was the first Viceroy of India?
A) Lord Ripon
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Lord Canning
D) Lord Curzon
Answer: C
11. The Indian Councils Act, 1861 is known for:
A) Introducing Dyarchy
B) Introducing Provincial Autonomy
C) Associating Indians with law-making
D) Introducing Separate Electorates
Answer: C
12. Which Act allowed discussion of the budget for the first time?
A) Indian Councils Act, 1892
B) Indian Councils Act, 1909
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: A
13. Separate Electorates for Muslims were introduced by:
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Indian Councils Act, 1909
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Charter Act, 1833
Answer: B
14. Dyarchy in the provinces was introduced by:
A) Government of India Act, 1935
B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Indian Councils Act, 1909
D) Government of India Act, 1858
Answer: B
15. Provincial Autonomy was introduced by:
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Indian Independence Act, 1947
D) Charter Act, 1833
Answer: B
16. The Reserve Bank of India was provided for under:
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Charter Act, 1853
D) Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer: B
17. Which Act provided for the establishment of a Federal Court?
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Indian Independence Act, 1947
D) Charter Act, 1833
Answer: B
18. The Indian Independence Act received Royal Assent in:
A) 1945
B) 1946
C) 1947
D) 1950
Answer: C
19. Which Act created the independent Dominions of India and Pakistan?
A) Government of India Act, 1935
B) Indian Independence Act, 1947
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Indian Councils Act, 1909
Answer: B
20. Which of the following is called the "Blueprint of the Indian Constitution"?
A) Charter Act, 1833
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: B
21. Which Act is known as the Act of Settlement?
A) Regulating Act, 1773
B) Amending Act, 1781
C) Pitt's India Act, 1784
D) Charter Act, 1793
Answer: B
22. The Supreme Court at Calcutta was established in:
A) 1773
B) 1774
C) 1781
D) 1784
Answer: B
23. Which Act made the Governors of Bombay and Madras subordinate to the Governor-General of Bengal?
A) Charter Act, 1813
B) Regulating Act, 1773
C) Pitt's India Act, 1784
D) Charter Act, 1833
Answer: B
24. Under Pitt's India Act, political affairs were controlled by the:
A) Court of Directors
B) Governor-General
C) Board of Control
D) Supreme Court
Answer: C
25. Who was appointed as the first Governor-General of India?
A) Warren Hastings
B) Lord Cornwallis
C) Lord William Bentinck
D) Lord Canning
Answer: C
26. Which Charter Act completely ended the East India Company's commercial activities?
A) Charter Act, 1813
B) Charter Act, 1833
C) Charter Act, 1853
D) Charter Act, 1793
Answer: B
27. Open competition for recruitment to Civil Services was introduced under:
A) Charter Act, 1853
B) Charter Act, 1833
C) Government of India Act, 1858
D) Indian Councils Act, 1861
Answer: A
28. Which committee was appointed in 1854 regarding Civil Services?
A) Hunter Committee
B) Macaulay Committee
C) Simon Commission
D) Fraser Committee
Answer: B
29. The Revolt of 1857 led directly to:
A) Charter Act, 1853
B) Government of India Act, 1858
C) Indian Councils Act, 1861
D) Government of India Act, 1919
Answer: B
30. The office of the Secretary of State for India was created by:
A) Charter Act, 1853
B) Government of India Act, 1858
C) Government of India Act, 1935
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: B
31. Which Act restored legislative powers to Bombay and Madras?
A) Indian Councils Act, 1861
B) Indian Councils Act, 1892
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Charter Act, 1833
Answer: A
32. The Portfolio System was officially recognized under:
A) Charter Act, 1833
B) Indian Councils Act, 1861
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Government of India Act, 1935
Answer: B
33. Which Act empowered the Viceroy to issue ordinances during emergencies?
A) Indian Councils Act, 1861
B) Indian Councils Act, 1892
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Charter Act, 1853
Answer: A
34. The Indian Councils Act, 1892 increased:
A) Powers of Governors
B) Number of Legislative Council members
C) Powers of the Supreme Court
D) Powers of the Secretary of State
Answer: B
35. The Morley–Minto Reforms refer to:
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Indian Councils Act, 1909
D) Indian Councils Act, 1892
Answer: C
36. Who became the first Indian member of the Viceroy's Executive Council?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) Satyendra Prasad Sinha
C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
D) Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: B
37. Dyarchy means:
A) Two Governors
B) Dual administration in provinces
C) Two legislatures
D) Two Constitutions
Answer: B
38. Which Act introduced bicameralism at the Centre?
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Indian Councils Act, 1909
D) Charter Act, 1853
Answer: A
39. Which Commission was established in 1926?
A) Election Commission
B) Central Public Service Commission
C) Finance Commission
D) University Grants Commission
Answer: B
40. Provincial budgets were separated from the Central Budget under:
A) Government of India Act, 1935
B) Government of India Act, 1919
C) Indian Councils Act, 1909
D) Indian Councils Act, 1861
Answer: B
41. Provincial Autonomy came into effect in:
A) 1935
B) 1937
C) 1942
D) 1947
Answer: B
42. The Federal Court of India was established in:
A) 1935
B) 1936
C) 1937
D) 1940
Answer: C
43. Burma was separated from India under:
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Indian Independence Act, 1947
D) Charter Act, 1853
Answer: B
44. Which two new provinces were created under the Government of India Act, 1935?
A) Bihar and Odisha
B) Sind and Orissa
C) Assam and Bengal
D) Punjab and Delhi
Answer: B
45. Which Act provided for the establishment of the Reserve Bank of India?
A) Government of India Act, 1919
B) Government of India Act, 1935
C) Charter Act, 1833
D) Indian Independence Act, 1947
Answer: B
46. The Indian Independence Act was based on:
A) Cabinet Mission Plan
B) Mountbatten Plan
C) Cripps Mission
D) Wavell Plan
Answer: B
47. The Indian Independence Act came into force on:
A) 15 August 1947
B) 26 January 1950
C) 3 June 1947
D) 18 July 1947
Answer: A
48. Who became the first Governor-General of independent India?
A) Lord Wavell
B) Lord Mountbatten
C) C. Rajagopalachari
D) Lord Canning
Answer: B
49. The office of the Secretary of State for India was abolished by:
A) Government of India Act, 1935
B) Indian Independence Act, 1947
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Charter Act, 1853
Answer: B
50. Which of the following Acts ended British rule in India?
A) Government of India Act, 1935
B) Indian Independence Act, 1947
C) Government of India Act, 1919
D) Charter Act, 1833
Answer: B
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